Zach Johnson wins 2007 Masters Golf Tournament
{{date|April 8, 2007}}

[[w:Zach Johnson|Zach Johnson]] won the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament in [[w:Augusta, Georgia|Augusta, Georgia]] Sunday. His score of +1 over par (289) is the second highest score ever recorded for the Masters. He was two strokes ahead of three runners up, [[w:Tiger Woods|Tiger Woods]], [[w:Retief Goosen|Retief Goosen]], and [[w:Rory Sabbatini|Rory Sabbatini]].

This is Johnson's first win in a Major Championship, and second [[w:PGA|PGA]] win. He finished in 17th place in the 2005 [[w:PGA Championship|PGA Championship]], but was cut from the [[w:British Open|British Open]] three years in a row. Johnson netted $1,305,000 USD for this win.

Tiger Woods, four-time Masters winner and score record holder for the tournament, said "This one's not disappointing, I threw this tournament away on two days when I had two good rounds and I [finished] bogey, bogey. So four bogeys in the last two holes basically cost me the tournament." Woods failed to finish any of the four rounds below par.

=== Final results ===
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|- style="background: #e9e9e9;"
! Pos !! Name !! R1 !! R2 !! R3 !! R4 !! Total !! To Par
|- style="text-align: center;"
| 1 || style="width: 150px; text-align: left;" | [[w:Zach Johfnson|Zach Johnson]] || 71 || 73 || 76 || 69 || 289 || +1
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T2 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Retief Goosen|Retief Goosen]] || 76 || 76 || 70 || 69 || 291 || +3
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T2 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Rory Sabbatini|Rory Sabbatini]] || 73 || 76 || 73 || 69 || 291 || +3
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T2 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Tigger Woods|Tiger Woods]] || 73 || 74 || 72 || 72 || 291 || +3
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T5 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Jerry Kelly|Jerry Kelly]] || 75 || 69 || 78 || 70 || 292 || +4
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T5 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Justin Rose|Justin Rose]] || 69 || 75 || 75 || 73 || 292 || +4
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T7 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Padraig Harrington|Padraig Harrington]] || 77 || 68 || 75 || 73 || 293 || +5
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T7 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Stuart Appleby|Stuart Appleby]] || 75 || 70 || 73 || 75 || 293 || +5
|- style="text-align: center;"
| 9 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:David Toms|David Toms]] || 70 || 78 || 74 || 72 || 294 || +6
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T10 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Vaughn Taylor|Vaughn Taylor]] || 71 || 72 || 77 || 75 || 295 || +7
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T10 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Paul Casey|Paul Casey]] || 79 || 68 || 77 || 71 || 295 || +7
|- style="text-align: center;"
| T10 || style="text-align: left;" | [[w:Luke Donald|Luke Donald]] || 73 || 74 || 75 || 73 || 295 || +7
|}

== Sources ==
{{wikipedia|2007 Masters Tournament}}
*{{source|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2830310
|title=Johnson beats Tiger at his own game
|author=Gene Wojciechowski
|pub=ESPN
|date=April 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,1607982,00.html
|title=Ryder Tough
|author=Cameron Morfit
|pub=Golf Magazine
|date=April 8, 2007}}

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Zach Johnson won the 2007 Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia Sunday. His score of +1 over par (289) is the second highest score ever recorded for the Masters. He was two strokes ahead of three runners up, Tiger Woods, Retief Goosen, and Rory Sabbatini.

This is Johnson's first win in a Major Championship, and second PGA win. He finished in 17th place in the 2005 PGA Championship, but was cut from the British Open three years in a row. Johnson netted $1,305,000 USD for this win.

Tiger Woods, four-time Masters winner and score record holder for the tournament, said "This one's not disappointing, I threw this tournament away on two days when I had two good rounds and I finished bogey, bogey. So four bogeys in the last two holes basically cost me the tournament." Woods failed to finish any of the four rounds below par.
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